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(No Model.) O. S. BEEBE.

WHIP SOCKET.-

Patented Mar. 27 1888.:

4 m SM- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. BEEBE, OF RAGINE, WISCONSIN.

WH I P-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 380,164, dated March2'7, 1888. Application filed November 29, 1887. Serial No. 256,390. (Nomodel.)

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. BEEBE, of Racine, in the county ofRacine,andin the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Whip-Sockets; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to whip-sockets; and it consists in certainpeculiarities of construction to be hereinafter described with referenceto the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 2 represents a perspective view of a whip-socketconstructed according to my invention; and Fig. 1 a vertical section ofthe same applied to a seatbar, shaft, or other portion of a vehicle.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a singlesemi-cylindracal casting that isentirely open at the back, and in orderto save metal and make this casting ornamental in its appearance Iprefer to have its front provided with a number ofopenings, therebyleaving only the sides a and front guards or bands,

b, c, d, and 6. At its lower portion said casting not only graduallydiminishes in width,

but also, curves inward, to terminate in a horizontal stop, f. Thecasting is also preferably provided with lateral ears 9 g, and each ofthese cars has an opening, h, through which to pass a screw or bolt, B,the latter being the preferred means whereby said casting is secured toa seat-bar, shaft, or other portion, 0, of a vehicle; but other meansmay be devised to accomplish the same result.

The casting above described constitutes a whip-socket as made for thetrade, and it can be readily applied to any vehicle. v

The casting or socket A being /in the position shown by Fig. 2, itsupper end or front guard, b, serves as a guide for a whip-stock,

D, as the latter is placed in said socket. The

whip-stock D is inserted in'the socket and pushed downward to bring itsbutt below that portion 0 of the vehicle to which said socket may beattached, and the farther, down this whip-stock is pushed the tighter itwill be held, for the reason that the gradually-diminishing width andinward curve of the lower portion of the socket causes said stock to bewedged between it and said part 0 of the vehicle. The stock f serves tolimit the downward movement of the whip-stock, and in case this stock isof too small diameter to wedge between the part 0 of the vehicle and thelower portion of the socket the sides a, front guards, b, c, d, and e ofthis socket will hold said stock in place.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A semi-cylindrical casting entirely open at the back and providedwith lateral ears having openings therein, substantially as set forth.

2. A semi-cylindrical casting entirely open at its backand having atapering inwardlycurved lower portion terminatingin a horizontal stop,and suitable means for attaching said casting to a seat-bar, shaft, orother portion ofa vehicle. substantially as set forth.

3. A semi-cylindrical casting in one piece, with lateral ears havingopenings therein, said having its lower portion downwardly tapered andinwardly curved, in combination with a seat-bar, shaft, or other portionof a vehicle,

and screws or bolts passed through the latter. and said ears,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atRacine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, in

' Witnesses:

JAMES E. BUSH, D. G. JANES.

